Aaliyah Alcibar Herrera is a first-generation Mexican-American born and raised in NYC. She received her BA in Chemistry from Barnard College and conducted research in Dr. Christian Rojas' lab. As a PhD student at the University of Michigan, she is interested in leveraging chemistry to address pressing environmental challenges. Her ultimate career aspiration is to become a research professor, focusing on innovative chemical research that contributes significantly to solving environmental issues, while increasing accessibility to science. Beyond the lab, she enjoys dancing, photography, and watching sunsets